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THE VOLUME 62. THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1947. NUMBER 53. ID) looos evee lech TTD attsmo 1 4 New State Law Is Rough On Drunk Drivers A levision of Nebraska's stat utes regarning motor vehicles cnac'i-d by the legislature and ffoing into effect the first of this month boosts by a big margin the penalties for drunken and willful reckless driving. Section 30-727, as amended, provides that "It shall be un lawful for any person to opcr rte anv motor vehicle while un der the ir.f.uence of acoholic liquor or of anv drug." Upon conviction for first offense the . law provides imprisonment for 10 to 30 davs. or a fine of not lox than $50.00 nor more than $100, and shall not drive anv ". motor vehicle for 30 days to cno year. For a second offense, the con victed driver stands to get a fine of -not less than $100.00 up Jq $500. .be ''imprisoned. !a -the courj.yvjail for not less than 30 tior more than 60 davs. and his dfTviifg'licerise'-"suspYH&'ed" fromj II rVssterliAjlhenbe uf "the ; Jifeaf' .r; i a)?ft fK. tnaetw-wjEiHe rkmsp for' a" 'petdHhjffrorrr; ttyo rnonthr 'to one year.- '. Foi a, third conviction the law is . mandatory. The" convicted driver shaH be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one vear S'n.d up to three years and ... ii.u wlu m!iwta.Ff'!gu rf or.e year following his release " from prison. Net only" are the? penalties ' kcveix tor tne drunken driver. out tkey have also been increased nearly for the reckless operators ri'ifr.otor vehicles. Drivers stand t face up to three years in the en:tentiary upon conviction. The new law is mandatory find the county judge In nti posinc sentence has no alterna tive but to follow the statutes so it it more important than ever 'If you drink don't drive." If you have the urge to speed or drive recklessly, better have a secord one not to. Byron Lopp Lectures Here Thursday Byron Lopp, sales engineer who has made several appearan ces before Plattsmouth audien ces, will give his final lecture here this season next Thursday night, according to Fred Busch, ecr tary of the Business Men's d Jub wiiicn t.pjtisoi s Lopp's ,orogiciri. ' t 1 ''A Lor.p will speak in the library auditorium at 8:00 p. m. June 12. Concluding his series of talk in his sales clinic for business retail personnel, the lecturer will present his most construc tive lesson. In describing it to Busch he says, "This meeting will be the most constrictive of any of the three, and even though one did not attend the first two classes the knowledge gained at this class will be very valuable in selling and being more efficient in his work generally:" Fred Bucch is taking reserva tions for the lecture. WALLACE WARNFRS HAVE Mr. and Mrs. Norman Mover of Oivaha are the parents of a , 'f y V" I ,4 i - daughter, Carol Lynne. born ter cf Mr. and Mrs. August Sie Moneiav, June 2, at Clarkson moneit. has returned home from hosDital. Mrs. Mover was the for- Clarkson hospital. Omaha, where mor Mr. Vivian Warner, daughter of and Mrs. Wallace Warner. 1 d The Journal For News, Nebraska 4 H Leader Honored on Radio Mis Evelyn Wolph. Nehawka. for 2J. years leader of 4-H clubs, and outstanding as a leader of other community activities was honored this week by the Tom Brenrrman 'Breakfast in Hol lywood" show. Miss Wolph re ceived the "good, good neighbor orchir" during the Wednesday morning. June 4. broadcast from Hollywood. Mi-3 Wolph was honored dur ing the assembly period Wednes day morning at 4-H Club week in Li'-eo'n. Harry Peck, manager of KFOK presented Miss Wolph with the orchid just followin? Tom Brenncman's honoring of her community service. Mi"- Wolph was awarded the 4-H diamond clover leaf in 1945 for 20 years" of service as a 4-H club leader. Veterans Service Committee Meets; Elect Officers ..' meeting Monday nieht the aDpointed County Service Comn i lttee elected its officers med Ray Larson as chair man rnd Miss Edith Solomon as secretary-treasurer. The five-member committee was ramed by the county com- missioners recently upon recom- j rnepdation of the m in.- coumy. utners serving on dv Union n?med for one- vear term: Marion TiirL-nr hawka. for a two-year term:! icn.rd Peck, three vears: Rav ! Larsrn, four years; 'and Miss ! Solomon, fnr five vears. i The commitee will administer, Stftrt aid funds for vete'-ans pro- vded for by LB No. 187 and LB No. 240. it supplants the former lcumv etrans Mrv;cs cn mitt? and the Soldiers and Sai-j lors Relief committee. i Larson. a former member of -. the Soldiers and Sailors Relief committee, is a veteran of both ', WorH Wars A reserve officer.; he was with the Seventh Ser- vice Command during the re-: cnt war and was stationed at i Tamn Carsnn. Colo. Upon his: discharge la?t July h resumed his work at the post office where jhe is assistant postmaster. j 1 Miss Solomon served ir 'he Pn-I cific theater with the WAVES. I She was employed for several jveo-s in the local office of the j USES. She is now in the per sonnel department of the Vic j tory Machine Movers at Fort 'Crook. Roddy, s map carrier, is the service officer for the Legion post at Union. Tucker, a veteran of the first war. is a merchant and is prom inent in civic affair in Nehawka. Attorney Peck has been prac ticing law here with J. Howard Davis the past year. He served overseas with the CIC while in the rrmv. Thousands In Damage At Packing Plant E. H. Bernhardt, in a nhonr conversation with tele- The Journal this Thursday morning, stated The Norfolk Packing Co.. of which he is manager, took an estimated $20 000 loss m the flood of Wednesday evening. An enormous amount of sugar, dried beans, labels, boxes and I numerous othrr simnliec stored in the lower section of the build ing was a complete loss. Hund reds cf man hours wil ho neces sary tc clean up the building and replccf- it in norma operating cond't'on. a project that will not be ecmoleted for several davs. Mr. Bernhardt stated that an inventory of the supplies on hand in the packing plant, one of the lareest in this section and re rponsjble for the employment of hundreds of P'attsmoulh citi zens, had only been completed Wednesday. A second check is bein-T made at this time and the full rmount of their heavy loss will not be known until the in ventory is completed. RFTIRVS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs Evelvn Siemoneit. dauTh- she hsd an appendix operation last week. t t Use Journal Want Ads Steinkamp Buys Conoco Service Station June 1 I Ar.T.unccmcnt was made June j 1 of he sale of the Concco Ser vice Station at 148 No. 6th St on June 1 by Al McCJanahan who has operated the business for the 'past year, to Wm. Steinkamp, of I Plattsmouth. ! Mr. Steinkamn. who took pos ' session of the business on that date, was born and raised in . Platt-roouth. He graduated from the local hich school with the class of 1940. and attended col lege tor a short period at Tar kio, Missouri. Sf inkamD is another veteran j who has returned home and gone into busines for himself. He spent , three years in the service. mst of th'f oeriod in the Souh Pa i t ur eeivec nis cuscnarge irom tne army December ?4. 1946. return- j ing t" Plattsmouth where he has i since made his home. i 1 Married, and the father of a ! three and ore-half year old j daughter, the family make their : horn at 1011 3rd avenue. j Foi'owing his purchase of the service station, arrangments have ' been made for the installation; of r.rw modern double action , j gasoline pumps that will en- . ; bio the new ODTators to give,for twelve ; cuicker and better service to . who have ' customers. A general cleaning service grouos;cnd repainting job is on the pro- jgrrin"! before a formal announce I meni is made through The Jour- nal. Warn Citizens Of Danger From H J T . 110011 WatPr5 F. A. Filini, Lincoln, of Ne-b'-a'-lia State Department of Health, in the citv today follow ing the serious flooding of the busirifss section, warns local residents of precautions to be a '-or. rcgardine food stuffs and cter food soaked articles. Mr Filini states there will be no dr.'-ger from articles that hive not. been inundated. Those that have come in contact with the vateis shoud be regarded with susnicon. with articles of little vaU't destroyed. Fod stuffs to be cooked maviball. Jean Daniel. Julia ho unshed off and nsd Food i Evelyn Davis Jackie such as lettuce and cabbage, o similiar. used uncooked should ?e tnrovn have little chance of bein con - tanrn.i ted. but cans should be j washed thoroughly and onened j with care. Home canned foods : should be examined carefully to he sure the seal has not been ' damaged. Wish all articles thoroughly wih warn water and again with a sodium hvoochlo'-ide so lution Purcx or Clorox. is good. Ore tablesnoon to each gallon of water. Basements should be wash.-d carefullv and also spray ed with tN above solution, or chlorinated line wr.fpr, to elim nato possible health hazards acording to Mr. Filipi. Phliin HirZ Has T . Jbve Infection Ph:lin Wirr manager of the imeat department at Walt's Mar-( A parage at the home of Mrs. W-t. is off dutv this week suffer-1 Geo- Downs, 1101 So. 9th street, imp f'om a serious eye infection vvas Hown from its foundation, jthat has caused him considerable j carried into the street and de Inain and dismm'ort for te nast i molished. The building has been , several weks. Although the eve is responding o treatment, the outcome is still in doubt as to u-fcat effect the infection will hae on future vision. In the meantime, Walt, the owne-, is hopping counters in tHo front end and dishin' out the halortv over the meat counter. With his sored service is still near par and will remain so, unless Walt wears out. KANSAS VISITORS MAASEN HOME Mr. and Mrs. Herman AT and S-Pgt. and Mrs. William B. j family will leave the first of the 'Tavle were pleasantly surprised i week by auto for a vis;t with Saturday evening bv a visit relatives in Tacoma and Seattle, from Mr. and Mrs. William Leiv-J Washington. Thev will stop en-i-m and sons B.illv, Bobby and, route at North Platte where they lerrv from Wichita. Kansas. It was the first time met S-Sgt. Mavle. is a sister of Mrs. Maasen. Th Leivians had spent the past week visiting old friends near Creston, Iowa. They left for their home in Wichita Mon- day. , Sutfcribe for The Journal. Play School Ends .-, v; y'Y- - - ..p-k wji5Pr 11 fl if II gi i l il Id n ll irl tl N Twelve youngsters al Grade School from Cen- i complete 1 studies Saturday under ! supervision of JI om e making Play School Closes For Grade Pupils Saturday noon brought to a close a busy and unusual week pre-school youngsters been attending thk Play school held each morning at Central grade school. The school planne-d as a project in the high school homemaking classes, was conducted by the girls and their homemaking teacher. Miss Doris Atkinson. Upon arrival at school at 9:00 the ihildren engaged in group ramcs and other playground ac tivities and concluded these with r; mid-morning walk. Fol lowing a time-out for rest, they j listened to stories 'and music. ; Choices from such creative ac tivities as coloring, cut-outs puz- ' zles and clay work occupied ;them for the remaining morning period. ! Children participating in the ' Plav school were Dennis Shoe I bottom, Howard Eloe, Jerry I Waldc n, Guv Davis, Jimmy j Krejci, Gtraldyn Ruse, Ktren Russe'auge, Suzan Sharp. Shar on Goeden. Sharon Larson, Linda McGraw and Pitty Ling ford. Girls assisting in their sunervision were Barbara Kim- T'ir nniol Tulio TQfic Krejci, Mercrce riaswell, Iora r razer, Bctt Wondra. Joanne Lntz, Eva Nell Mendenhall. Irene Har- ; Fer. Connie Dalhow, Cora Lee and Joann Your.g. Hilt, and Marie Damage By Wind Here Wednesday A strong wind, nearing tornado velocity for a short period here Wednesday morning, did con side r;ible damage in the south section of the city, alhough propei ty damage was held to a minimum. A porion of the roof of one of the shop buildings at the B. P. E. X. shop was damaged by 1 1 he V'ind. J constructed only recently to re j place one destroyed by fire sev eral months ago. ! A large tree in the neighbor I hood that has been a landmark for many years was blown over land reduced to kindling in the ! freak wind storm. Many limbs I were blown from trees, but no ; serious damage to other prop erty was repon.ea. Bryant Family Will Visit West Coast L MaasenjMr. ?nd Mrs. R. V. Bryant and will pick un Mr. Bryant's broth- the Leivians er who will accompany them on Mrs. Leivianithe trip. Mr. Bryant informed the Jour nal reporter that they were mak ing the trip in a 1940 Buick, iust so trf many wno nave new Fly- n ouths on order would not think he was "breakin' one in" for them while on a west coast vacation. for 12 Youngsters iwiAT SIXTH km Clasres school of Plattsmouth conducted by the High girls and their teacher. Mi.ss Doris iAtkir.f - on. (Story on this page). David R. Churchill Dies at Twin Falls Word was received in Platts mouth the first of the week of the death at Twin Tails, Idaho, of David R. Churchill. 80. who passed away at his home in that city Monday. June 2. 1947. M-. Churchill was horn npar Rock Eluff, Nebraska, and lived i on r farm in that vicinity for' many years before moving to Idaho about 35 years ago. A farmer and rancher most of his life, v. ith the exception of a few year.s' spent at blacksm.Vhing, Mr. Churchill was engaged in ranching in Idaho until his re tirement about 10 years ago. Survivors include his wife,; Nellie B., of the home at Twin I Falls." two sisters, Mrs. Anna Miner. Rochester. New York, and Mrs. Ruth Wiles, Lincoln, Nebraska. A brother-in-law, J. W. Holmes, is a resident of Plattsmouth. Funeral services were held in Twin Falls on Wednesday, ac cording to word received here, with burial in the Twin Falls cemetery. Burlington Takes Heavy Flood Loss E. A. Kneer, superintendent of the Eurlington Express Company shops located in southeast Platts mouth. took a loss of between ei.iht and ten thousand dollars in flcod damage Wednesday 'e ning. according to a statement giver. the Journal Thursday noon Flood waters covered the yards and buildings to a depth up to three feet when the dam con structed several years ago south of the yard area went out. pour ing a torrent of water through the plant area. Mud. silt, and de bris covers store rooms, tool rooms. and office buildings, causing not only a heavy mone tary loss, but adding a burden to employees and management in restoring records and cleaning of equipment. : The big dam constructed south i of the yard area to protect the plant has prevented flood water? reaching a serious level in recent years however, the heavy fall cf Wednesday evening was more than the structure could stand. George Ludwig, 83, Died Tuesday; Funeral Friday Fureral services will be held Fridhv morning at 9:00 o'clock for George Ludwig, 83, who died in Omaha at 2:00 p. m. Tues day. Msgr. George Afius will conduct the services in St. John's Catholic church. The Rosarv will be recited at 8:00 n. m. Thurs dav in the Sattler Funeral home. Mr Ludwig. who made home in a liUle cottaee on the oroperty at 624 Avenue C. had been in ailing health for some time rnd a few weeks ago went to the Hall Convalescent home in Omaha where he died June 3. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ludwig. he was brn Anril 8. 1001, in t. jnn, inciana. ne ana his wife, the former Carrie Walt?, made their home north- west of Plattsmouth for several (Continued on Page Six) Ml nl Boys' State and Girls' State Will Meet in Lincoln Caiol Lou Bernhardt, daugh ter cf Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Bern hardt, was selected by the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary as tneir representative to Cornhusker Girls State on the University of Nebraska campus. She will leave Monday for Lincoln where the Girls State will meet from June 9 to 15. Carol Lou was president Carol Lou Bernhardt of the Junior class, a member of the Student Senate, the high schocl chorus and had a leading role in the class play. In the declamatory meet at Peru she was chosen outstanding actress from seven schools presenting the cne-act play of the contest. Miiier Hurst, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hurst, will leave Sat urday morning for Lincoln to attend Boys State meeting from June 7 to 14 on the Agricultural college campus. Miller was chos en by the Hugh Kearns Post No. 5o of the American Legion as the outstanding member of the junior class during the past term. Selected on the basis of citizenship and scholarship. Mil ler was also a member of the high school band, the school chorus, the football team and was in the class play. FORMER RESIDENTS HERE LAST WEEK Mr. and Mrs. Monte C. and her mother, Mrs. Franks, Julia Thomas, together with Mr. Mrs. Edward B. Brown, all Omaha, were Plattsmouth visit ors on Memorial day. Mrs. YOUT tint A. N 1 f 1 VV : I ' .Mr if 4 A . v Miller Hur;t hisJBrovn is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franks. All members of the party formerly lived here. Visiting the Horning cemetery while here, the latter had dinner at the Bestor cafe before motor ing on to Hamburg, Iowa, where thev went to call on relatives. Miss Helen Jane Kruger was home for the weekend from her dutier in Omaha. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krugei. NEARLY Flood Highlights OTIS HATCHERY Sidewalk a . . . 1 1 . . . . . . ,1 rnu i ini; siure w smr'u uui tniu fill washed to a depth of four! "eet in several places. Basement was flooded and dirt and brick from walk fell in. Damage to feed r.nd walk is estimated S:50. A new concrete walk at is i planne d to replace the brick. STANDEE niPLEMENT CO. Damage estritiated at S500 to seed corn and ferti lizer was caused bv the flooel waters in the warehouse of the company, however the main offices and store were net damaged. SHFA CAFE Was flooded to a denth of about 12 inches, cov- j ering floors with fine silt. How icver a niht long job had the place clean anci ready tor Busi ness it an early hour Thursday morning. DROWN JEWELRY STORE Got a good soaking from the ; flood. 1 flood with water pouring abeive doors and through the win- . j iiows i uvei iiig ine iiooi im ' mud. Here too, a night long job -i had things nearly back to nor l : . i n :.l mal this morning. PLATTSMOUTH HOTFiL Had basement floode-d. causing i some damage, and the Bestor J CofTe Shop also had a clean-up ion their hands. One section be j ing it modeled was flooded and silt and mud covered the floor. SOTIIEN MANUFACTUR ING CO. Some Mater damage insiele buildings, however, water washed down larjre batilc to side of main builel inr blocking: doors and de livery platforms. Most ex pense will be labor in clean ing up the rubble. j Citv streets in some sections will be due for repair following the hcaw pounding taken from j the flood water. On Chicago ave nue rear the Solomon residence a large section of the brick pave men was damaged. This, how iever. was in for a recavin job so tb" costs to the cit" will not be teo great, from reports reach ing inc journal. Flood Waters Pbur Through Weeping Water Basements were fieoded and heavy damage done at Weeping Water in the worst storm record ed there in 30 years, when nearlv seven i 'hes of moi-ture fell Wednesday. Weeping Water creek was on a ramnage flooding lowlands. Two bridges were washed out. Two large tanks at the Keckler Oil Co.. toppled into the flood waters, losing considerable gaso- j line, this poluted the citv water supply, however, the city has i near a four dav supply on hand. Missouri Pacilc agent reported , ihe line between Weeping Water will reouire nearlv a week of re-; nair before being in useable con- and'citio The line between union of and Lincoln is out. but mav be passable by Thursday night. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Mi-s Anna Ruble was taken by CaMwell ambulance Tuesday to a Kansas Citv hosoital after a heirt attack. Miss Ruble, from Taos ew Mexico, was a house puost in the home of her nephew, Peed Wolever, and Mrs. Wol ever , A-sister. Mrs. Herbert Adams, came from her home in Kansas City tc help in canng for Mics Publr and accompanied her to the hospital. DROWN N A near six inch atei - pouring rain sent flood down Platts mouth streets about six o'clock Wednesday evening causing con siderable property damage and : nearly costing the life by drown- tincr r f f n f vnnniT mnn Dining the 24-hour period I ending at seven a. m. Thursday, June 5. 5.72 inches of rain fell, with 4.05 of this total coming down between 5:45 and 7:45 ; p. n .. acording to the official j rainf: 11 guage of Reed Wolever, 'government engineer making his j horns here. 1 Torrents of water, pouring into IT.la'r. street from Washington 'and Chicago avenues through Sixth street sent the raging flooc: waters to a depth of two to three feet. The water flooded ; several stores and basements ;a!on Sixth causing considerable I damage to stocks, furniture and fixtu'.cs and lor.g hours ef labor 1 in cleaning up the debris, i Harrv Richardson. 22, Platts I mouth young man, nearly lost his life when flood waters at Sixth and Washington Avenue swept him off his feet as he at tempted to cross the street. Fetching near the center of the intersection he was knocked down by the force of the water and carried down Sixth street whert he lodged in the opening of- a 6to.jn sewer at Sixth and Alain Persons watchihg Ac- ffood waters from a point near the Sinclair station shouted to others near Sixth and Main where he was pulled from the raging wat er by Ernest Elliott. V. M. Wil son and Chas. Christensen. They earned the youth into the 3right Spot Tavern where arti.lcial resniiction was administered and after receiving medical atten tion by Dr. L. S. Pucelik, was removed to his home where he is remunerating from his close death call. But for lodging in the storm sewc on the corner, Richardson would hove been swept down Mair street with little chance of being pulled from the torrent of water pouring down Main three to four feet deep and at a ter rific speed. V. M. Wilson, local bakry operator, was credited with exceptional quick thinking in restoring the youth to life. Plrttsmouth city firemen shoud be heaped with praise for their excellent work in keeping storm sewers open, for assisting mote lists in removing cars from rtre'ct:- and aiding stores in pre venting serious flood damage, as the waters raced over the curbs and poured down streets and waks from door to door. Toca.y (Thursday) street main tenance men are busy with fire hoses scraoers and trucks re moving dirt and debris from the city streets and pumps are busy removing water from basements. It is expected the job can be com pleted and everything back to normal within two or three days. GOES TO PEORIA Concluding a two-week visit with friends and relatives at Ft. j Crook Valley and Plattsmouth, Mrs. Nick Winkle left Monday imorning for her home in Peoria. Illinois-. Accompanying her on. motor triD home was Mrs. Zil pha Seward who will visit in the Winkle home and with friends in Chicago. Mrs. Seward will ie-turn here next week. Filed on June 3 in the ofiice of the Clerk of the District Court a divorce action: Helen vs. Mcl vin Barr. Grounds, extreme cruelty. A 1. cense .to wed was issued June 4 by County Judge Paul Fauouet to Frank Bender, 24, of Seward, and kCarla Darline Schomaker, 21, of V7 coping Water. UE . . .at the Court House